Given: 2+2, a collaboration with Sweet Lips
24hr ATM Lotto, Toronto
October 2025
Given: 2+2
Required materials:
2 sets of bonded pairs, each with a history of work and strong willed ideas
E-mail
Mixed media
Steps:
Allow collaboration between your duos to come naturally. In the wake of new opportunities that ask for more, remember your past conversations and shared interests.
2. In group discourse, discuss a loose binding prompt that stems from shared interests and pursuits between the two 2s. Share email addresses.
3. The following steps encourage each individual (a1, a2 from the first duo, b1, b2 from the second) to share their thoughts on the prompt or what they have been sent from the previous individual, with added documentation of created / supplemental materials of their choosing if they desire. Do not share what you have received with other individuals, but you can make reference as you wish.
a1 - b1
b1 - a2
a2 - b2
b2 - a2
a2 - b1
b1 - a1
4. After this first set of correspondence from the front to the back and then snaking to the front again, the individuals have sent materials to members of the other duo, but not to their established pairing. At this point, call a meeting of direct interaction to discuss takeaways to date, and how to proceed for the final round.
5. a1 starts the round by choosing one other individual by whatever metric they desire, who then does the same until the process of elimination is met, and the last individual sends back to a1 for one final submission
6. At this point, all individuals have created 3 submissions. Share all the submissions with each other and reflect on the chain of ideas.
7. Return to what brought you 4 (2 + 2) together in the first place, the roots of your separate duos and what the link was. Informed by the thread of correspondence, create a summation of what you have learned in the general mediums that you knew yourself before.
8. Exhibit as you see fit
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